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The circle of life..
You know all my life I've been hearing that a human life turns a full circle. I never really paid any attention to this profound statement untill two major events that happened over the past couple of years. One is my father's illness followed by his demise and my daughter's birth followed by her infancy ( Read more... ) -
10 years and beyond
I recently completed 10 years of professional life. That's quite a lot by my standards considering that my professional education was half the duration. Anyway, when I stopped and contemplated on how these 10 years went by it was a sense of mixed emotions - love, joy, jubiliation, disappointment, accomplishment, hatred, disgust, sorrow, pity, ( Read more... ) -
It's that time of the year
Lent starts today and it ushers in a 40-day period of religious introspection if not anything else. I was talking to a friend on how for some this is a god-given(literally) opportunity to do some good doing to make up for the lack of it the rest of the year. That is approximately 10% of your time in a year ( Read more... ) -
Another addition to my collection of musical instruments
So here it is finally. After months of deliberations and weeks of research, I finally did some keyboard shopping today. I am now the proud owner of a Yamaha PSR-I425 keyboard. It's definitely not the state of the art as far as a digital keyboard is concerned but hey I'm no Mozart either (actually I'm not even a small time musician ( Read more... ) -
The long hiatus
Of the many things that I've been ignoring, updating this journal is one of them. It's so strange, I feel as if I'm comitting a mortal sin and that St.Peter wont let me through the gates(well he surely wont for a lot of other reasons :)). Nevertheless, let bygones be bygones and look forward in hope that I will do my little bit of contribution to ( Read more... ) -
Are you insured?
Insurance agents freak me out.. No really, I'm shit scared of them. I try everything in my prowess to avoid talking to them. Well the reason being that - somehow everybody starts with the premise that I am going to die before I'm supposed to (usually in a road accident) or that I'm going to be limbless in a mishap(in their words "i'm neither dead ( Read more... ) -
..and so Kyra is born
As I welcome my 31st year it's only fitting that I talk about the single most defining moment that happened over the past year - Kyra’s arrival. Yes, it finally happened. After 4+ years of marriage, 39 weeks of pregnancy (thankfully not by me), and 12 hrs of treacherous labour (Oh God!! thank you for making me a man) our little bundle of joy had ( Read more... ) -
Final Goodbye!!
I had never experienced the death of a loved one in as much proximity as I did last week. To lose someone who has been an inspiration, guide, mentor, and friend all my life is really difficult to overcome. It becomes all the more difficult if that person is someone you call your DAD. The fact that I will never hear him call my name again, or have ( Read more... ) -
A holy trip
A trip to Velankani is always memorable. It brings back memories of a childhood where a summer vacation meant a trip to the holy shrine at Velankani. Those who don’t know about Velankani it is the equivalent of Tirupati for all Christians and has the shrine of Mother Mary. It is situated on the shores of the Indian Ocean and falls within the ( Read more... ) -
Fire at the roof of the world
For many decades now there has been a thick smoke at the roof of the world - Tibet - but the last week has seen it go in flames, literally. Ever since the Chinese military ousted his holiness the Dalai Lama and his followers there has been unrest not only in Tibet but all over the world wherever Tibetans took abode. What was once considered the ( Read more... )